Uddhav preps Maharashtra for lockdown with 'minimum economic disruption'

Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Thane and Nashik are the most affected districts, accounting for a bulk of the cases

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday asked the state administration to prepare for a lockdown in view of the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the state.
 
The state recorded 35,726 new cases on Saturday, which is over 60 per cent of the national case. This was the second-highest daily rise, which took the tally to 26,73,461. At 166, the state reported the highest number of fatalities due to Covid-19 in this year so far.
 
In a meeting held with the chief minster on Sunday, Health Minister Rajesh Tope and other officials, members of the Covid-19 task